The common commensal gut bacterium Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron uses phase separation of the transcription termination factor Rho to colonize and thrive in the mammalian gut, according to a new ...

Cytotoxic necrotizing factors (CNFs) are bacterial exotoxins that have attracted significant attention due to their ability to modify host cell functions by targeting Rho GTPases. These small ...

However, the transcription factors do not function simply as an on/off switch but rather like a volume control, which allows gene expression to be precisely controlled.